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the obama campaign picking up on that. yesterday an obama spokesperson said only chevy chase offended more people when he went to europe referencing the national lampoon movies. that was echoed today. they also criticized him for the libya situation saying he responded without knowing what was happening in libya. president obama s of course, vulnerable on the issue of libya. we have seen his policies drop. that's their tactic, to accuse mitt romney of being an amateur on the issues. >> kristen in beautiful keene, california. thank you very much. up next, the political briefing. >> what do you mean? i better get ready for that. yeah, i better get started. you just reminded me. it's going well. >> that was ryan in a pumpkin patch. who wins the great pumpkin battle? paul ryan picked up a 49-pounder in wisconsin with his kids. that nar lowly edges out joe biden who got a 37-pound pumpkin two weeks ago. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve p
the obama campaign picking up on that. yesterday an obama spokesperson said only chevy chase offended more people when he went to europe referencing the national lampoon movies. that was echoed today. they also criticized him for the libya situation saying he responded without knowing what was happening in libya. president obama s of course, vulnerable on the issue of libya. we have seen his policies drop. that's their tactic, to accuse mitt romney of being an amateur on the issues. >>...
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. >> presint obama also in virginia, near the naval base. the heart of the military establishment in the tidr. know, during campaign season, you always hear a lot about patriotism. well, you know what? it's time for a new economic patriotism. an economic patriotism rooted in the beliefhatrowi our ecyinh strong and thriving middle class. >> at the u.n., israel's prime minister is about to speak today with an ultimatum to iran. a day after iran's president denounce military threated from israel in s speech to the general assembly. >>> plus -- done deal. the replacements gke r nfdefers rike deal to end the lockout. >>> and magna what? britain's prime minister david cameron flunks british history when letterman asks him to explain what magna carta means in english. er tla m - >>ou're testing me. >> it would be good if you knew this. >> it would. >> there's that latin. good day. i'm andrea mitchell le in new york. waiting for israel's prime miertais tat u. genal aembly any moment now. joining me first, former u.s. ambassador to israel, dennis ros
. >> presint obama also in virginia, near the naval base. the heart of the military establishment in the tidr. know, during campaign season, you always hear a lot about patriotism. well, you know what? it's time for a new economic patriotism. an economic patriotism rooted in the beliefhatrowi our ecyinh strong and thriving middle class. >> at the u.n., israel's prime minister is about to speak today with an ultimatum to iran. a day after iran's president denounce military threated...
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look, that's a great place for president obama to be. remember, he doesn't need ohio to get to 270 electoral votes. it's hard to see, there are ways, but it's hard to see how mitt romney gets to 270 electoral votes without ohio. >> a dispute bubbling up over something that the president said on "60 minutes" with scott pelley describing what happened with the protests in libya as a bump in the road. >> right. >> mitt romney had a conversation with peter alexander on the road today and this was his pushback about it. >> the president characterized as bumps in the road, the developments in the middle east. we've just had an ambassador assassinated. egypt has elected a muslim brotherhood person as president. iran is on the cusp of having a nuclear capability. we have tumult in syria and pakistan. i don't consider these bumps in the road. i think this is a time for american leadership. >> and jay carney at the white house now responding to that. >> this morning about the line bump in the road is not that it's minimizing the arab spring but it
look, that's a great place for president obama to be. remember, he doesn't need ohio to get to 270 electoral votes. it's hard to see, there are ways, but it's hard to see how mitt romney gets to 270 electoral votes without ohio. >> a dispute bubbling up over something that the president said on "60 minutes" with scott pelley describing what happened with the protests in libya as a bump in the road. >> right. >> mitt romney had a conversation with peter alexander on...
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and president obama won them by about eight. this is a swing group that as you said you said, it is heavily populated particularly in the middle of the country, the rust belt as well as the northeast. so it's kind of an odd political decision. it's a fight that i certainly do not think we have heard the last of legally or politically. and i think we are going to have to hear more from the obama admied from the administration because i do not think the catholic church will back off of their interpretation of the law. >> something that struck me to news hour friday night, on the pbs news hour, where mark shields a shields a shields and david brooks agreed. let's watch the rejection of this. >> the fallout is terrible for the white house and for the president. >> really? >> yes. >> he has left them out to dry. i mean, he really has, and with a policy that i think is indefensible. >> it's the most under reported story of many months. you have catholics that are set and evangelicals that are upset. whatever problem they had with mitt
and president obama won them by about eight. this is a swing group that as you said you said, it is heavily populated particularly in the middle of the country, the rust belt as well as the northeast. so it's kind of an odd political decision. it's a fight that i certainly do not think we have heard the last of legally or politically. and i think we are going to have to hear more from the obama admied from the administration because i do not think the catholic church will back off of their...
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president obama still has an advantage among women, the gender gap favors obama? >> we still show a gender gap. women are strongly supportive of president obama by eight points over mitt romney. men, by three-point support. we continue to show the same gender gap that we've shown all year. >> barbara walters was asking on "the view," the criticism of mitt romney by the president's team that is he a rich guy who doesn't care about working people. let's watch that. >> there are some critics who say that mr. romney is a rich man who is out of touch. is that accurate? >> you know, my sense is that he loves his family, i think he's been very successful and we should applaud success in this country. but he has a different vision about how to move the country forward. his theory is that if you -- if you slash taxes even further, if you leave business, banks, whoever to do whatever it is they want, then everything will be okay. >> what you learn from your poll about what people think about who is sflich. >> well, we asked, is mitt romney rich? eight out of ten americans s
president obama still has an advantage among women, the gender gap favors obama? >> we still show a gender gap. women are strongly supportive of president obama by eight points over mitt romney. men, by three-point support. we continue to show the same gender gap that we've shown all year. >> barbara walters was asking on "the view," the criticism of mitt romney by the president's team that is he a rich guy who doesn't care about working people. let's watch that. >>...
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you inspired president obama before. >> i came out on a book tour. i'm under no pressure as a private citizen to endorse or not to endorse. i enjoy watching what both sides are doing. i think president obama has been successful in stabilizing the economy or at least the financial aspects of the economy and in fixing the auto industry and other things. i think he has to improve his relationship with the business community. i would love to have seen guantanamo shut down right away but the congress wouldn't allow that. >> what about simpson-bowles? >> i think it was a great possibility. >> and a missed opportunity. >> missed on both sides because that commission was supposed to be congressional little mandated. and congress wouldn't do it. and then we had a good group of bipartisan folks get together and put together what i think was a pretty good approach to a problem, and the president wouldn't accept it for reasons of his own and it wasn't accepted on the other side. now we have lots of suggestions but no real plan. the only plan that will work in my
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it's my sincere hope that president obama will replace you with someone who is up to that challenge. >> mr. attorney general, you certainly have the right to respond to that. the senator from texas accused you of perjury which is a criminal offense. i realize that -- i remember his strong support of one of your predecessors, attorney general gonzalez. i have a different view of that. i felt that you were a more appropriate person to be attorney general. so feel free to respond. >> yeah. with all due respect, senator, there is so much that's factually wrong with the premises that you started your statement with, i could say it's almost breathtaking in its inaccuracy. >> we'll have more on that. >>> meanwhile, the fed reports that the recession hurt more than anyone knew. the average family lost 40% of net worth in the downturn. we'll talk to the president's top economic advisor and to a leading republican senator, pat toomey. >>> plus fears of a new massacre in syria as u.n. monitors are blocked from investigating another possible massacre. richard engel reports as the u.n. says it is
it's my sincere hope that president obama will replace you with someone who is up to that challenge. >> mr. attorney general, you certainly have the right to respond to that. the senator from texas accused you of perjury which is a criminal offense. i realize that -- i remember his strong support of one of your predecessors, attorney general gonzalez. i have a different view of that. i felt that you were a more appropriate person to be attorney general. so feel free to respond. >>...
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and accuse you of running up the tab. >> so that's the obama, the latest obama message is that the republicans are trying to stick us with the check or i'm trying to figure out exactly the analogy. >> look, you heard the kind of raucus applause. that's because this is a democratic fund-raiser. these are people who love obama and will vote for him no matter what. the issue is not whether he can convince those people about what he inherited and what he's done positively to make things better, but if he can convince unaffiliated independent voters who live in the midwest, michigan, ohio, iowa, wisconsin, can he convince those folks that he inherited something bad, he is making it better, is it where he wants it to be, no, but it is going in the right direction. it's a much harder sell with that group than the crowd that he was speaking to last night. >> save that thought about ohio, because we'll talk about that later in our next 24. thank you very much. >>> the united states is accusing syria of sending attack helicopters and other weapons to the assad regime. moscow says it is not sending helic
and accuse you of running up the tab. >> so that's the obama, the latest obama message is that the republicans are trying to stick us with the check or i'm trying to figure out exactly the analogy. >> look, you heard the kind of raucus applause. that's because this is a democratic fund-raiser. these are people who love obama and will vote for him no matter what. the issue is not whether he can convince those people about what he inherited and what he's done positively to make things...
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>> president obama in virginia beach today. he still faces two more monthly jobs reports before election day and continued unrest in overseas markets. but the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" indicates a big bump up in the number of people who feel the country's headed in the right direction. is that feeling rooted in any hard facts? joining me in new york, steve rattner, wall street financier and former head of the president's auto task force. and our friend and colleague on "morning joe." >> yes. >> a number of indicators you're been looking at. tell us why there's a reason for people to begin to feel that things are moving in the right direction, despite the unemployment numbers and everything else that's not coming together. >> a lot going on in politics and people talk about the state of the campaigns. but there are some interesting economic things going on. if we want to take a look at a couple of charts. the first chart to put the optimism in perspective and see where we came from, where we're going. back in 2009, a
>> president obama in virginia beach today. he still faces two more monthly jobs reports before election day and continued unrest in overseas markets. but the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" indicates a big bump up in the number of people who feel the country's headed in the right direction. is that feeling rooted in any hard facts? joining me in new york, steve rattner, wall street financier and former head of the president's auto task force. and our friend and colleague...
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he thanked president obama. and he also thanking the leadership in egypt. >>> and that does it for us. and that does it for this edition of "an dree mitchell reports." we'll see you back here on monday. we'll take a thanksgiving break. events permitting. have a wonderful, peaceful thanksgiving and many blessings to you and your families. my colleague thomas roberts will have "news nation" coming up next. oh, this gas. those antacids aren't working. oh no, not that, not here! [ male announcer ] antacids don't relieve gas. gas-x is designed to relieve gas. gas-x. the gas xperts. go ahead, mark your calendars. to relieve gas. it's the last day you can switch your medicare part d plan. we're ready, and we can't wait to switch. what i wanted was simple: the most value for my dollar. so, now that it's time, we're making the move to a plan that really works for us. [ male announcer ] make the switch to an aarp medicarerx plan, insured through unitedhealthcare. open enrollment starts october 15th and ends december 7th.
he thanked president obama. and he also thanking the leadership in egypt. >>> and that does it for us. and that does it for this edition of "an dree mitchell reports." we'll see you back here on monday. we'll take a thanksgiving break. events permitting. have a wonderful, peaceful thanksgiving and many blessings to you and your families. my colleague thomas roberts will have "news nation" coming up next. oh, this gas. those antacids aren't working. oh no, not that,...
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position, obama himself reached that conclusion. i do not think a lot of democrats mind having the fight. they think that republicans are over playing their hand, support for contraception is a majority position probably even with catholics as long as they do not feel the governmenti is pushing their values. there are states where clearlily democrats would prefer not to have on get in the middle of this problem. but i think the activists to democrats side won't let them off the hook. in other words, they want to fight just as much as republicans do. >> and there's an unintended consequence, the last person that wants to have this conversation is mitt romney as he is fighting with rick santorum when it comes to this issue? >> that is right. he wants to diminish the social issues all together, because that mays to santorum's strong card with activists. >> you know, there's always some sort of slice of the electorate that is what we do not think it is. a private funeral service will be held for whitney houston this saturday at her home
position, obama himself reached that conclusion. i do not think a lot of democrats mind having the fight. they think that republicans are over playing their hand, support for contraception is a majority position probably even with catholics as long as they do not feel the governmenti is pushing their values. there are states where clearlily democrats would prefer not to have on get in the middle of this problem. but i think the activists to democrats side won't let them off the hook. in other...
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he was endorsed by president obama. nancy pelosi favorite who placed him in that will intelligence chair over the more qualified jane harman on the intelligence committee and much more senior jane harman at the time. and also bill clinton campaigned for him but he lost. >> yeah, and you know, andrea i think the most important thing to do, this is a year after redistricting. these districts in texas and everywhere else are not the districts these people have run in in the past. including mr. reyes. some of what you're getting is a new district. total 43,000 people voted. whef you have a tiny turnout like that, strange things or surprising things can and do happen. very quickly about ted cruz versus david dewhurst. the runoff isn't till july. look for this as a chance for the tea party to score against the establishment like they did in indiana against dick lugar. >> wasn't sarah palin on ted cruz's side in that campaign? >> she was indeed and jim demint and the club for growth. >> another victory for sarah palin in this
he was endorsed by president obama. nancy pelosi favorite who placed him in that will intelligence chair over the more qualified jane harman on the intelligence committee and much more senior jane harman at the time. and also bill clinton campaigned for him but he lost. >> yeah, and you know, andrea i think the most important thing to do, this is a year after redistricting. these districts in texas and everywhere else are not the districts these people have run in in the past. including...
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president obama won it convincingly in 2008. in the 2010, we note 2010 very good election nationally for republicans but democrats, including the guy you're going to interview, john hickenlooper, when he won the governship, michael bennett won re-election. so it was a little bit of a counter weight in the west because nevada the same way. good democratic wins in nevada. so we don't know the is the answer. i think suburban denver, jefferson county, we're going to be looking closely at it. but you are in the right place because i think if you're talking about the swingiest of swing states, even if you cut that list that you just showed down, i think colorado makes that be final cut. we're going to see millions i think spent by both sides there. >> while we're talking about colorado, in palm beach, mitt romney was at a big fund-raiser, a closed door fund-raiser. garrett haake was one of the two reporters who was there and actually overheard what went on inside. one of the things that he did is preview what he would cut. and he said
president obama won it convincingly in 2008. in the 2010, we note 2010 very good election nationally for republicans but democrats, including the guy you're going to interview, john hickenlooper, when he won the governship, michael bennett won re-election. so it was a little bit of a counter weight in the west because nevada the same way. good democratic wins in nevada. so we don't know the is the answer. i think suburban denver, jefferson county, we're going to be looking closely at it. but...
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and the obama campaign seizeding on that. >> yes. in fact, during the convention, they made it a whole evening of thanking the troops with the delegates waving signs that said thanks and president obama's acceptance speech he described mitt romney and paul ryan as being -- he was rather arch in his description of them as being rather new to foreign policy. it's ironic because, of course, that's exactly the thing that people were saying about barack obama when he was running against john mccain four years ago. >> the republicans are seizing on anything they can to try to show divisions between the administration and israel over iran. we had another instance of it only today. benjamin netanyahu criticizing comments by hillary clinton over the weekend and saying that those who do not see the red lines, don't have moral authority to have a red light in front of israel. >> right. but he's walking a very delicate line because he knows that he could be -- well be dealing with a president obama even after the election and it's important for
and the obama campaign seizeding on that. >> yes. in fact, during the convention, they made it a whole evening of thanking the troops with the delegates waving signs that said thanks and president obama's acceptance speech he described mitt romney and paul ryan as being -- he was rather arch in his description of them as being rather new to foreign policy. it's ironic because, of course, that's exactly the thing that people were saying about barack obama when he was running against john...
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has another obama surrogate stepped in it? governor duval patrick called bain a perfectly fine company. now the rnc is comparing him to gray booker. in a few minutes, the house will vote on a bill that has set off heated words on both sides. it would outlaw gender selective abortions. are these procedures even happening in the u.s.? is this even a problem? plus, it is highlighting the divide between the gop leadership who want to focus on the economy and other members of the caucus who want to still focus on social issues. it is also setting off the debate with asian-american voters. we'll tell you why. your sill-b? ah, being a vegan is really working out for her. [ bowling pins ] ok, how's this gonna play? mi amore. [ chicken clucking ] [ male announcer ] ah common g., try manly, girls dig that! [ screams ] [ male announcer ] no, no, no, think smooth, but animal. like a werewolf in finance. diversify [ elephant trumpeting ] [ male announcer ] ok don't sweat it. just do your thing, do your thing. hey! hey! [ male announcer ] b
has another obama surrogate stepped in it? governor duval patrick called bain a perfectly fine company. now the rnc is comparing him to gray booker. in a few minutes, the house will vote on a bill that has set off heated words on both sides. it would outlaw gender selective abortions. are these procedures even happening in the u.s.? is this even a problem? plus, it is highlighting the divide between the gop leadership who want to focus on the economy and other members of the caucus who want to...
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and his chances of beating barack obama. so we will continue with the message. >> senator, is it time to retool the campaign and need a more organized message. some people suggest that a message is not getting side tracked by good morning y'all and that kind of sound bite. >> i think that the governor has a strong message. i saw it in missouri yesterday. i mean, he really went after the president's policies, his failure on the economy. the enormous growing deficit and debt that has the potential to mortgage the future of our children. it's a powerful message, it's why he has won the overwhelming majority of the primary it is and split the caucuses and been competitive everywhere. >> okay. thank you very much. senator. >> and russia has admitted today what the rest of the world knew all along. they are supplying weapons to syria assad and it claimed that the weapons are for defense not offense. not for slaughters anti-government protesters, but leading senators are calling for the u.s. to cut ties with a russian firm that sol
and his chances of beating barack obama. so we will continue with the message. >> senator, is it time to retool the campaign and need a more organized message. some people suggest that a message is not getting side tracked by good morning y'all and that kind of sound bite. >> i think that the governor has a strong message. i saw it in missouri yesterday. i mean, he really went after the president's policies, his failure on the economy. the enormous growing deficit and debt that has...
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trinlin t state, all the polls, obama is way, internal polling has obama ahead in the mid to high single digits. today ohio does not look the same as florida, for example. florida looks like a true toss up. colodoksik as. nevada. ohio, by the numbers does not and i would say and we've talked about this, without ohio there are scenarios mitt romney can be elect elected president in terms of winning 0 electoral votes. needshi o n td a way in some combination of wisconsin, iowa, michigan or pennsylvania. >> before i let you go, jeff, jump in here a well. paul ryan s spoken out on that incredible missed call at the end of the ckers/seawks . nfs sgytand by the call, at least roger goodell is under a lot of pressure. this is paul ryan in cincinnati. >> going to start off on something that was really troubling that occurred last night. did you guys wch tt packer game lasni i mean, give me a break. it is time to get the real refs -- >> he went on to make a point, critical of president obama. but let's stick to football for a nd jeff, you know, you and chris cizilla, this is what's got everybody
trinlin t state, all the polls, obama is way, internal polling has obama ahead in the mid to high single digits. today ohio does not look the same as florida, for example. florida looks like a true toss up. colodoksik as. nevada. ohio, by the numbers does not and i would say and we've talked about this, without ohio there are scenarios mitt romney can be elect elected president in terms of winning 0 electoral votes. needshi o n td a way in some combination of wisconsin, iowa, michigan or...
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president obama taking his message of middle class tax cuts and tax increases for the rich to detroit today. just as michigan is facing a big vote against union organizing in a state long identified with the labor movement. joining me now for our daily fix, msnbc contributor and managing editor of "post politics.com". good day to you. well, first of all, the labor movement really on the ropes now in michigan of all places. michigan where detroit, of course, was the heart of the auto movement, the auto union, and now you've got a vote -- final vote is tomorrow as the president is being greeted by rick snyder, the governor, who says he will sign that, and to union right to work legislation. what does that really mean? >> well, so what you have here, this is something that's passed in 20 plus states. what it essentially says is you do not have to pay union dues in order to be employed. unions view it as a direct attack on their -- the power of organized labor, which comes at least, in part, politically speaking from union dues. look, here's the issue. the state senate and the stais state
president obama taking his message of middle class tax cuts and tax increases for the rich to detroit today. just as michigan is facing a big vote against union organizing in a state long identified with the labor movement. joining me now for our daily fix, msnbc contributor and managing editor of "post politics.com". good day to you. well, first of all, the labor movement really on the ropes now in michigan of all places. michigan where detroit, of course, was the heart of the auto...
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president obama and first lady michelle obama and former first lady laura bush for the ground breaking of the national museum of african american history to national mall. they have been waiting for it for a long time. it was first proposed almost 100 years ago, president obama said that the dream is finally realized today. >> i want my daughters to see the shackeles that bound slaves and i want them to appreciate this museum not just as a record of tragedy but as a celebration of life. [ johan ] hello, piper. nice up-do. i see you're crunching numbers with a cup of joe... when you could be relaxing with a delicious gevalia. or as i like to say, a cup of johan. joe's a cubicle. johan is a corner office with a young, eager assistant... who looks like me. put johan on your spreadsheets. he'll watch your bottom line. [ johan ] gevalia. meet me in the coffee aisle. try bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so it enters the bloodstream fast and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. you walk into a c
president obama and first lady michelle obama and former first lady laura bush for the ground breaking of the national museum of african american history to national mall. they have been waiting for it for a long time. it was first proposed almost 100 years ago, president obama said that the dream is finally realized today. >> i want my daughters to see the shackeles that bound slaves and i want them to appreciate this museum not just as a record of tragedy but as a celebration of life. [...
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president obama did win the election. you know, an event has happened as part of the many months where the public comes down on this. >> luke russert, john boehner did yesterday come out with their proposal, the house proposal. is that a nonstarter or move the ball a little bit? >> i would say it's a nonstarter for the white house, but it moves the ball a little bit in the sense it gives us an idea of what the house gop conference would be willing to accept and that is really to put it in place, caps, specific numbers, that could be worked on next year. essentially you're going to bank specific things the white house would give. perhaps an increase in the medicare age. perhaps a change in the cpi in terms of how social security is doled out. the idea that's what the plan would possibly look like. that was a movement more towards the center. as president obama said it's unacceptable. when i was walking over here i spoke to a senior republican senator and he pretty much said look, we accept that eventually these rates on th
president obama did win the election. you know, an event has happened as part of the many months where the public comes down on this. >> luke russert, john boehner did yesterday come out with their proposal, the house proposal. is that a nonstarter or move the ball a little bit? >> i would say it's a nonstarter for the white house, but it moves the ball a little bit in the sense it gives us an idea of what the house gop conference would be willing to accept and that is really to put...
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president obama took the show on road today. who are not impressed by the administration's opening budget officer. -- offer. joining me is kristen welker, and luke russert. first to you, the calculus in going to the suburbs of philadelphia, kristen, clearly he feels that the political play right now is better than the inside game that didn't work for him during the super committee negotiations, but can that backfire? >> right now the president feels as though he has a fair amount of leverage having won re-election so he's trying to build momentum on the road. remember, this is a tactic that worked for him during the payroll tax cut fight when he went out, took his case to the american people, so he is doing it once again today in hatfield, pennsylvania, a suburb of philadelphia, speaking at a toymaker and making the case that toymaker would be harmed. consumer confidence begdwindled they would lose business if dungs fails to get a deal done and they would wind up spending less on christmas shopping, for example. this is a tactic
president obama took the show on road today. who are not impressed by the administration's opening budget officer. -- offer. joining me is kristen welker, and luke russert. first to you, the calculus in going to the suburbs of philadelphia, kristen, clearly he feels that the political play right now is better than the inside game that didn't work for him during the super committee negotiations, but can that backfire? >> right now the president feels as though he has a fair amount of...
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president obama in ohio today, in virginia tomorrow. this is focusing on the nuts and bolts of campaigning, winni those swing states and worrying abouforeign policy for a l . ha youery much. >> thank you. >>> that does it for us. my colleague thomas roberts has a look at what's next. hi, thomas. >> hi. hi, everybody. we are following thewing state scramble. polls show theresident with a th come paining hard there one week before early voting begins there. >>> plus, egypt's new president makes the debut speech before the united nations as iran's president ahmadinejad delivers his final speech. former s dtmicl joe rubin will join me live. >>> and developing news on the nfl. that r ef lockout, there are reports now that aeal cod be very near but has the damage done to the nfl's repution? it's ourn"newnati" gu it's ourn"newnati" gu chec finding bayer advanced was huge. i was really surprised by how well it worked. and i'd definitely use it again. put bar advanced aspirin to the test for yourself at fastreliefchallenge.com. wthe future of ou
president obama in ohio today, in virginia tomorrow. this is focusing on the nuts and bolts of campaigning, winni those swing states and worrying abouforeign policy for a l . ha youery much. >> thank you. >>> that does it for us. my colleague thomas roberts has a look at what's next. hi, thomas. >> hi. hi, everybody. we are following thewing state scramble. polls show theresident with a th come paining hard there one week before early voting begins there. >>> plus,...
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they believe obama has significant weakness. i think that's what they're trying to do. mitt romney will not win the women's vote in november 2012. if he does he's going to win the election by 10 points. >> more women vote than men. he can't survive this kind of gender gap. something has just come to our attention. this is alan west in a town hall in florida. let's take a look at this. >> what percentage of this legislature do you think are carried carrying marxists? >> corporate -- >> i believe there's about 70, 80 to 81 members of the democratic party that are members of the communist party. >> he's suggesting that 80 or 81 members of the democrats in congress are members of the communist party. i mean, this is a tea party conservative. >> talk about a fact check. >> where does he pull this stuff out? >> one of the most amazing story lines i've had, i've been amazed at over the last two weeks is all these people including sarah palin alan west for vp. reason he won't be the vice president is right there. this is a beyond ludicr
they believe obama has significant weakness. i think that's what they're trying to do. mitt romney will not win the women's vote in november 2012. if he does he's going to win the election by 10 points. >> more women vote than men. he can't survive this kind of gender gap. something has just come to our attention. this is alan west in a town hall in florida. let's take a look at this. >> what percentage of this legislature do you think are carried carrying marxists? >>...
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this is bill clinton after, you know, the comments he made about barack obama and bain capital. this is an attempt, this is barack obama after his comments about the private sector is fine, he comes out at a photo opportunity later in the day and he tries to clean up his mess. i think some of this is jeb bush doing that. but i would say look, if jeb bush wants to position himself as a different kind of republican as we go beyond 2012, i don't think -- jeb bush has been very clear he doesn't want to wind up on the ticket. so as we go beyond 2012, he is i think smartly doing so which is essentially saying there is the possibility for compromise politically, this is the kind of thing that's happened in the past, and i'm more in favor of that. we should have more of that. of course, he's not on the ballot so it's easier for him to say it but if he wants to run in 2016 or 2020, this isn't a bad kind of platform to outline. >> and what he tweeted today, thanks for giving me a chance to clear my throat -- >> i can always talk, andrea. >> one of the reasons we love you. what he also twe
this is bill clinton after, you know, the comments he made about barack obama and bain capital. this is an attempt, this is barack obama after his comments about the private sector is fine, he comes out at a photo opportunity later in the day and he tries to clean up his mess. i think some of this is jeb bush doing that. but i would say look, if jeb bush wants to position himself as a different kind of republican as we go beyond 2012, i don't think -- jeb bush has been very clear he doesn't...
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know what, you're still not satisfied, an it's obama's fault. that's the essence of their campaign. very easy to put on a bumper sticker. >>> chris cillizza, after the numbers on friday, the campaign has been trying to deal with those numbers, and nothing shabby about the obama fund-raising, but the romney numbers are astounding. >> yeah, you know, andrea, look, you can spin the jobs report, you can spin the money, but this is a bad week for president obama. this doesn't mean he's going to lose the election. it means it's a bad week in june for the president of the united states, and a good week in june for the man running against him, mitt romney. i think we always have to be careful of extrapolating what it all means, but look $76.8 million is a massive amount of money for mitt romney and the rnc to raise together. 93% of it together according to kevin madden, $250 donations and less, so i think that's a bit of pushback against the idea this is all just rich people giving to romney. clearly he's getting big donors. so, you know, a good week, c
know what, you're still not satisfied, an it's obama's fault. that's the essence of their campaign. very easy to put on a bumper sticker. >>> chris cillizza, after the numbers on friday, the campaign has been trying to deal with those numbers, and nothing shabby about the obama fund-raising, but the romney numbers are astounding. >> yeah, you know, andrea, look, you can spin the jobs report, you can spin the money, but this is a bad week for president obama. this doesn't mean...
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compared with team obama's $60 million. politico reports, this is the first month when we've had a direct hard dollar comparison between obama and romney on fundraising. and the results cast an even darker shadow on an already disappointing week for democrats. this morning, dnc chair woman spoke with thomas roberts and insisted democrats are doing just fine. >> it's not really surprising that the republicans were able to pull down a lot of low hanging fruit. they just formed the romney campaign and the rnc just form their joint fundraising committee. we're very comfortable and confident that
compared with team obama's $60 million. politico reports, this is the first month when we've had a direct hard dollar comparison between obama and romney on fundraising. and the results cast an even darker shadow on an already disappointing week for democrats. this morning, dnc chair woman spoke with thomas roberts and insisted democrats are doing just fine. >> it's not really surprising that the republicans were able to pull down a lot of low hanging fruit. they just formed the romney...
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of course president obama, during his victory speech in chicago, said he wanted to sit down, talk to mitt romney about his views how to move the country forward. you have to assume that would include a robust discussion of the fiscal cliff, given that is what lawmakers are talking about now. mitt romney just arrived here. we're not expecting anything huge to come out of this meeting. no appointment. for example, to the cabinet. but the president certainly, i think, hoping to engage in a serious conversation. this, as you point out, will be just the seventh time that these two have sat down after what was really a bruising fight during the election. this is really about sort of striking a tone of bipartisanship, helping these two former rivals to bury the hatchet but helping, i think the country to move forward, especially as we get closer to that fiscal cliff deadline. >> and ruth is here at the table. one of the issues could be the sort of backdrop the post-election comment by all sides not only mitt romney but also by stewart stevenson, op-ed his adviser. there was a time not long
of course president obama, during his victory speech in chicago, said he wanted to sit down, talk to mitt romney about his views how to move the country forward. you have to assume that would include a robust discussion of the fiscal cliff, given that is what lawmakers are talking about now. mitt romney just arrived here. we're not expecting anything huge to come out of this meeting. no appointment. for example, to the cabinet. but the president certainly, i think, hoping to engage in a serious...
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the obama campaign has been thrown on its heels. everyone looking for a lifeline from biden to course correct this campaign. but at the end of the day, congressman ryan's challenge and look, going back to biden's experience, you know, two presidential campaigns elected to the senate at 29, taking office 30, great debating society in our country and had history of democracy, joe biden has got a lot of experience doing this. that said, congressman ryan has been working hard, he's been preparing diligently and i think he'll come out and paint a clear choice. if we want to have a choice discussion and i think tad illustrated that joe biden was in the room for a lot of the big issues and decisions of this campaign. the problem is, a lot of the big issues have been left unresolved and the president has done virtually nothing on the key issues that are taking our nation on a very perilous fiscal path. to the degree the discussion frames around that, congressman ryan will be a great position to talk about romney's future forward looking fiv
the obama campaign has been thrown on its heels. everyone looking for a lifeline from biden to course correct this campaign. but at the end of the day, congressman ryan's challenge and look, going back to biden's experience, you know, two presidential campaigns elected to the senate at 29, taking office 30, great debating society in our country and had history of democracy, joe biden has got a lot of experience doing this. that said, congressman ryan has been working hard, he's been preparing...
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that's what he president obama did. he took advantage of that. not subtly, very forth litly with his surprise trip to afghanistan. i think it sounds like most republicans have decided no more profit in whining about it, just try to move on. >> gene, what about winding the war down? do we think that this exit strategy is going to work? >> >> well, do i think it's going to work? i mean, you have to question it. we're supposedly winding it down. we're going to have some presence there is until 2024. you know, something like one-third of the casualties suffered by u.s. and allied forces this year have been caused by afghan forces. intentional friendly fire. so that's not an environment that's terribly promising. we're putting a lot of faith in the karzai government and its ability to build the afghan military and the afghan police into a, not just a fighting force but a fighting force that's really on our side and the evidence is, they haven't done it yet and they've got a long, long way to go. >> we're going to have to leave it there. thank you so m
that's what he president obama did. he took advantage of that. not subtly, very forth litly with his surprise trip to afghanistan. i think it sounds like most republicans have decided no more profit in whining about it, just try to move on. >> gene, what about winding the war down? do we think that this exit strategy is going to work? >> >> well, do i think it's going to work? i mean, you have to question it. we're supposedly winding it down. we're going to have some presence...
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team obama raises $45 million in february. but where are the big donors? with us from the obama re-election campaign, actress eve vague longoria. >>> and solitary confinement. a ft. leavenworth staff sergeant robert bales today meets his civilian defense lawyer for the first time. >> plus, escape from syria. paul conroy and the hair rowing is details of his escape from homs. and "house of stone" the memoir of anthony shadid with his wife. >>> and good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. in our daily fix today, mitt romney and rick santorum battling head to head for illinois which holds its primary tomorrow. romney has a big advantage. he and his supporters are outspending santorum by 7 to 1. and santorum failed to file delegate slates in four congressional districts. even if romney were to win, would that quiet talk of the first contested republican convention since 1976? chris sill lisa is a managing editor of postpolitics.com. it does seem as if everyone is talking about the possibility of a contested convention. first of all, there was this vid
team obama raises $45 million in february. but where are the big donors? with us from the obama re-election campaign, actress eve vague longoria. >>> and solitary confinement. a ft. leavenworth staff sergeant robert bales today meets his civilian defense lawyer for the first time. >> plus, escape from syria. paul conroy and the hair rowing is details of his escape from homs. and "house of stone" the memoir of anthony shadid with his wife. >>> and good day. i'm...
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than it being john boehner and president obama. we're ten days away with a whole new game plan. >> john kerry's foreign policy, jeff goldberg, getting back to that, we're going to have this nomination this hour. is his foreign policy going to be obama boem's foreign policy? will his advice to the president be appreciatably different than hillary clinton's? >> well, in point of fact it will have to be barack obama's foreign policy. he is going to -- it's very difficult for senators to make this transition. he elizabeth be an employee. an employee with -- still an employee of the president. that said, i think sde have -- my impression is he does have a more active stance on i couple of key issues on reaching out to iran, on middle east peace process. i know that the president is not that interested in pursuing middle east peace process right now. he doesn't see a high chance of success. as a new secretary of state, of course, he wants to make his mark, and so you are going to see some conversation in the administration about what to
than it being john boehner and president obama. we're ten days away with a whole new game plan. >> john kerry's foreign policy, jeff goldberg, getting back to that, we're going to have this nomination this hour. is his foreign policy going to be obama boem's foreign policy? will his advice to the president be appreciatably different than hillary clinton's? >> well, in point of fact it will have to be barack obama's foreign policy. he is going to -- it's very difficult for senators...
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, campaigning for barack obama. more easily than did her husband who was more competitive. >> i think it's truly sad that the spouse of the candidate sometimes has a harder time dealing with political realities and political criticisms than the candidate -- >> but does it transfer? can the aura of bill clinton as he is today and with all of his global good works and the clinton global initiative which is going to be on full display in new york, convening in september, his work in haiti and elsewhere in the world? can any of that really transfer to barack obama? >> some of it can. none of it hurts. and you can't think of a figure in the republican party who is the counterpoint to that. when bill clinton makes the speech at that convention, it's going to be a huge moment. and it's not going to be the candidate's speech or the vice president's speech. it's going to be a separate huge moment. it's hard to look at the rundown at the republican convention and see where that huge moment is going to be. >> roger simon, and
, campaigning for barack obama. more easily than did her husband who was more competitive. >> i think it's truly sad that the spouse of the candidate sometimes has a harder time dealing with political realities and political criticisms than the candidate -- >> but does it transfer? can the aura of bill clinton as he is today and with all of his global good works and the clinton global initiative which is going to be on full display in new york, convening in september, his work in...
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. >> the crisis sparking a political firestorm before president obama even spoke, mitt romney witness on the attack over the administration's response. >> they clearly sent mixed messages to the world and the statement that came from the administration and the embassy is the administration, the statement that came from the administration was -- was a statement which is akin to apology and i think was a severe miscalculation. >> on capitol hill, honoring the heros, the american flag lowered to half staff in memories of the lives lost. good day. it is a somber day in washington and america around the world. flanked by secretary of state hillary clinton, president obama condemned the attack in benghazi that led to the death of four americans including the death of ambassador chris steven. >> we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake justice will be done. >> joining me chief foreign correspondent richard engel in cairo ro and nicolas burns former ambassador to nato and professor at the harvard kennedy school. first to you, r
. >> the crisis sparking a political firestorm before president obama even spoke, mitt romney witness on the attack over the administration's response. >> they clearly sent mixed messages to the world and the statement that came from the administration and the embassy is the administration, the statement that came from the administration was -- was a statement which is akin to apology and i think was a severe miscalculation. >> on capitol hill, honoring the heros, the american...
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iowa is a place with an emotional hold for the obamas. that was the place where his campaign first won the iowa caucuses and began it all. >> this next picture is superstorm sandy. the president with mike bloomberg and janet napolitano touring the damage. you can just imagine how grim that tom donlon -- i'm not sure if tom is also in the picture. you can see what they're looking at. >> right. you know, the one that -- he's not in this picture, but what jumps in my mind is the criticism that chris christie got over saying nice things when president obama went up to new jersey to tour the devastation. i just think the seriousness that's conveyed in this picture, i almost never say this. there are things in which politics takes a very far back seat. this is one of them. >> take a look at the next picture. we were talking a few minutes ago about possible cabinet choices. there's dennis mcdone noug on the right and jack lou is if he's the treasury secretary and tom lon lan, the national security adviser. the president is so comfortable with th
iowa is a place with an emotional hold for the obamas. that was the place where his campaign first won the iowa caucuses and began it all. >> this next picture is superstorm sandy. the president with mike bloomberg and janet napolitano touring the damage. you can just imagine how grim that tom donlon -- i'm not sure if tom is also in the picture. you can see what they're looking at. >> right. you know, the one that -- he's not in this picture, but what jumps in my mind is the...
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president obama's criticism of the bush record? remember this. >> i will oppose any effort to return to the same policies that brought on this economic crisis. you hear somebody say we should cut more taxes especially for the wealthiest americans, well, we did that, 2000, 2001, 2003. we tried a lot of these ideas for nearly a decade. it did not work. >> new york city mayor michael bloomberg comes to explain his proposed ban on super sized sugar drinks. we won't offer him a giant soda. beantown showdown, team obama heads to boston to target mitt romney's massachusetts record as a new poll shows the campaigns are deadlocked in three key states. where will romney show up today? i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. more evidence today that the presidential election is a barn burner deadlocked. our new poll out today shows that the race is tied in three of the most important battleground states, nevada, colorado and iowa. chris is a contributor. iowa shows 44-44. this is a tie. only 10% undecided. >> you know, what's amazing is that
president obama's criticism of the bush record? remember this. >> i will oppose any effort to return to the same policies that brought on this economic crisis. you hear somebody say we should cut more taxes especially for the wealthiest americans, well, we did that, 2000, 2001, 2003. we tried a lot of these ideas for nearly a decade. it did not work. >> new york city mayor michael bloomberg comes to explain his proposed ban on super sized sugar drinks. we won't offer him a giant...
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barack obama cleaned them up in 2008. the question whether the campaign that the republicans have ran and governor romney's forced to run on social issues has turned those voters off so much that he has no chance to hold them. if he doesn't hole them it doesn't matter what happens in the west. >> talking a lot of women in those suburbs. >> right now big problem. but when you look at it even in the most optimistic polls the president still only adding four or five points. it's a horse race. >> i think the governor's right. i would say, throughout this campaign, mitt romney's been accused of being a massachusetts moderate which didn't necessarily work well in the republican primary but let's face it, it works pretty well in a general election and i think that throughout the campaign, conservatives were not that comfortable with mitt romney because they thought he was too moderate. but right now that plays pretty well. >> but the positions he took during the primary don't sound like any massachusetts moderate i know. >> we'l
barack obama cleaned them up in 2008. the question whether the campaign that the republicans have ran and governor romney's forced to run on social issues has turned those voters off so much that he has no chance to hold them. if he doesn't hole them it doesn't matter what happens in the west. >> talking a lot of women in those suburbs. >> right now big problem. but when you look at it even in the most optimistic polls the president still only adding four or five points. it's a...